Our 16 years in power glorious era of Nigeria -PDP

By Mark Victor/Emmanuel Oloniruha

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has declared that its 16 years of unbroken governance, spanning 1999 2015 was the glorious era in development and hope in Nigeria.

The National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba, said this while addressing newsmen on the preparations for party’s national convention scheduled to take place from Nov. 15 to Nov.16.

Ologunagba, who is also the Secretary, National convention Publicity Sub-committee, said this was why Nigerians across the board had shown interest in the party’s convention and demonstrated their love and belief in the PDP.

“Under the PDP rule, our debts were paid. We had double-digit GDP growth. We had inflation contained. We had policies that are invested in people in their human capital development.

“We had an economy that was number one in Africa and by the time the PDP left government in 2015, we had over a $600 billion economy.

“Nigeria was then the number one destination for foreign capital investment,” he said.

“Nigerians are eager to know what the PDP is doing to put itself together as a party, because they see the party’s vibrancy as the only way to guarantee the sustenance of democracy in the country.

“The forth coming national elective convention is critical to the sustenance of democracy in Nigeria and that explains the enthusiasm, the interest that Nigerians across board have in our party.

“We had 16 years of unbroken governance by the PDP. Nigerians believe that to be the glorious era in development and hope in this country.

“Under the PDP rule, our debts were paid. We had double-digit GDP growth. We had inflation contained. We had policies that are invested in people in their human capital development.

“We had an economy that was number one in Africa and by the time the PDP left government in 2015, we had over a $600 billion economy.

“Nigeria was then the number one destination for foreign capital investment,” he said.

Ologunagba said that party members were already keying into the 15 broad-based sub-committees of the convention to make it inclusive and successful.

Fielding questions on the speculations that one of the PDP governors would soon defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress, Ologunagba said that PDP is more than an individual, adding that it can’t affect the convention.

Ologunagba also maintained that the PDP had concluded its Congress in Edo.

He said that the state congress was held on Sept. 27 by a committee that was properly constituted by the party leadership, while the appeal panel was also set up to take care of any concern from the Congress.

He added that perhaps the purported congress was just a public show to justify the pay master of those behind the illegality. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)